| Admin/Biog History | Frederick Gordon Roe was an art historian who was asked in 1954 to review Brockwell, M.W. (1954). The Van Eyck Problem. London: Chatto & Windus. His correspondence concerning the reviewing process and related material can be found been interleaved within a copy of the book. It is not known how Sewell acquired this material. |
| Description | Includes:
-Brockwell, M.W. (1954). The Van Eyck Problem. London: Chatto & Windus
-letter from L.G. Ramsey, Editor, The Connoisseur, dated 2 December 1954, forwarding a flyer for the book and a letter from Brockwell dated 1 December 1954, asking Roe to review the book
-four letters between Roe and Brockwell, dated 10-19 December 1954, concerning the review
-three letters from Brockwell to Roe, dated 6 April-28 August 1955, concerning reviews of the book undertaken by other people
-three letters from an unidentified author, dated 18 April-22 November 1955, relating to the Arnolfini picture by Van Eyck
-newscuttings from The Times, dated 17 April 1956 and 8 December 1958 giving obituaries for M. Emile Renders and Brockwell respectively
-three letters and a card to Roe from Dorothea Marsh and Ursula Eland, daughters of Brockwell, dated 21 December 1958-9 January 1962, concerning their father and also dismissing the possibility of there being new material relating to the Arnolfini picture amongst his notes |